TEACHING ARTS AND TRADES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

Music, paintings, sculptures, buildings, monuments, etc. that bring harmony

• Play a little melody* with someone else on your favorite musical instruments.
• Using colors that harmonize best, paint your favorite subject* (e.g. nature, family, animals, etc.).
• Using any material you want, make 3 artistic representations* of harmony in three spheres of life (e.g. harmonious family, harmony in nature, harmonious life of a person).
• Study ancient Greek sculpture; make your own sculpture* as a representation of this style.
• Create a piece of music* that would be a combination of eastern and western styles considered harmonious in different time periods.
• Make a computer-aided presentation* on the ideal of male and female beauty represented in different time periods in different cultures.
• Conduct extensive research on the concept of harmony in different arts throughout the history of humanity; choose one type of arts (painting, for example) and make an art project* to show this historical evolution.

• Decorate your room* to harmonize it; freely choosing materials. Give at least 2 people tours of your space and explain what you’ve done and why.
• Create a habitat for an animal* that could bring more harmony to the area where you live.
• Make a set of kitchenware* using harmonious shapes, patterns, and materials.
• Implement an interior design project* to harmonize a space (your home, somebody else’s place).
• Make three sets of clothes* that would each be appropriate/ harmonious for different life situations (e.g. working in the garden, cocktail party, etc.).
• Research what is considered to be a harmonious space in your country, compare this concept with those in other countries; plan* a culture-oriented recreation zone that reflects harmony and lead a roundtable discussion* regarding your idea.
• Plan and build* a house or community space applying Feng Shui, Vastu, and other approaches for harmonious space creation for the location, materials, interior and exterior outline.

TEACHING ENGLISH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Think of 10-15 words* that represent harmony to you and make riddles* for 5 of them so that others can guess what you’ve written.
• Find 5-7 photos of your understanding of harmony and make a speech* describing them explaining how the concept of harmony is represented in each picture.
• What makes harmonious text? Find some examples and present and explain* a sample of well-written harmonious text to a group of your peers.
• Write a poem/story* as a representation of harmony on all levels of language: melodious sounds, vocabulary which would be in agreement with the purpose, target audience, main and secondary themes, etc. Be sure it is written coherently with appropriate cohesive elements.
• Research the etymology, denotative and connotative meanings, stylistic and contextual use of the word “harmony”. Collect data on all possible aspects of “harmony” and prepare 5 texts* in 5 different styles for this topic (e.g. newspaper style, scientific style, short story, etc.).
• Write a script* for a theatrical performance that would be based on allusions to 5-10 literature works of different time periods and styles devoted to the topic of harmony in its various expressions.
• Study the literature process in your country. Define the features that make the writings of each period well-balanced and write and publish a thesis-level paper* on the structure and evolution of the concept of harmony throughout the history of literary process.

TEACHING HEALTH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Create* a way to put your body and mind in a harmonious state. Guide at least 2 others in this practice and discuss their results*.
• Journal* for a week on what types of environment and conditions you feel most harmonious in.
• Create a specific weekly plan to harmoniously care for your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Journal* on your experience and on your results.
• Create* a fun program for harmonious development of all groups of muscles and practice it weekly. Keep a chart* recording your daily experience.
• Create and implement* a plan for building and strengthening bonds with people in all areas of your life. Report on your results in a 2 to 3 page paper*.
• Find and explain* 5-7 bright examples of harmoniously developed people in history and the traits, characteristics, habits, and lifestyle choices that aided them in aligning with themselves, others, the Planet, etc. 
• Create and share* a documentary/thesis/e-course on the ways to balance body, mind, emotions, and spirit.

TEACHING MATH WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Compare* 2D and 3D shapes to explore their symmetry/asymmetry and how they represent harmony.
• Describe* 10 mathematical patterns that you feel represent harmony and explain/justify your choices.
• Adjust two-variable equations to create symmetric versions* across the axes or an arbitrary line of reflection.
• Explore symmetry and similarity of geometric figures* by utilizing reflections, rotations, and translations.
• Explore* the pure and real-life applications of beautiful mathematical constants (phi, pi, e, i, etc.).
• Use the harmonic series and variations* (alternating, p-series, etc.) to explore convergence/divergence tests.
• Use the harmonic series and variations to develop* proofs in real analysis (convergence, sequences, limits, etc.).

TEACHING SCIENCE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Describe* how different species live in harmony with their habitat.
• Look at 3-5 different plants and animals from the viewpoint of the harmony of their shapes/ forms/ bodies. Create a mind map* to describe the harmonious composition in each case.
• Create a diorama* of what you would consider to be the most harmonious plant or animal environment possible and demonstrate its effectiveness.
• Compare the relationships of people with animals in different time periods and different countries. Write a 2 to 5 page* report on what a harmonious relationship is and the factors that make them so.
• Compare 3-5 ecosystems, analyze the connections between living organisms and make a presentation* explaining what brings harmony.
• Conduct extensive research on the life of 5 different families of living creatures (mammals/ birds/ fish) ” e.g. wolves, ants, swallows, etc. and make a chart* of features that are similar between the creatures and people. Include recommendations for how humans could learn from your choices.
• Simulate a model* of Earth without people, explain how nature self-regulates everything; create and explain a model of harmonious coexistence of people and the world.

• Find 5 examples* of the combination of opposite physical materials that brings harmony in some way (e.g. hard nails cover soft fingers for protection, etc.).
• List 5-10 examples* of energy transformations that harmonize your environment (e.g. the energy of light turns into the energy of warmth, etc.).
• Create a poster*showing the balance of chemical elements for different types of diets depending on the result desired (e.g. high protein diet).
• In a 2 to 5 page report* compare the proportions of human plus 3-5 different animal bodies and evaluate their harmony in terms of structures and functions.
• Prepare 10-15 mixtures and solutions* that would be applicable in 3 spheres of your life: e.g. household, gardening, and other. Create a graphic* listing them and explaining chemical bonds due to which the elements are harmoniously connected.
• Make a project* showing reactions for chemical equilibrium demonstration and their application.
• Create an apparatus* based on harmonious combination of particles which could be applied in everyday life.

• Artistically represent* the harmony of water lifecycles on Earth.
• Think what creates harmony on Earth. Ask 5-10 people this question. On the basis of your thoughts and other people’s answers, make a list* of 10 key factors that bring harmony to planet Earth.
• Study different cycles (a day, a year, etc.) of planet Earth to determine how harmony is preserved (e.g. during the day the sun heats the earth, at night the moon cools it down, etc.)Make a picture* of what you find out.
• Write a 5 to 10 page report* on the reasons for volcanic eruptions, floods, and other natural disasters and explore and present your findings for how harmony is restored to these earth environments after these disasters.
• Create a poster* that shows the main characteristics of different minerals/stones, evaluates their use in nature and in everyday life and grades/categorizes them according to this balance.
• Compare 5-10 different climatic zones according to the characteristics that create them: the perfect amount of sunshine, rain, barometric pressure, the plants and animals, etc. and make a presentation* of harmony in its different climatic representations.
• Study how life has changed on the Earth; determine. In a videotaped talk* list in order of importance, and comprehensively explain the top 100 factors you consider as foundational to keeping balance in the changing world? Explain how disruptions in any of these have caused changes during each significant period of history. Open source your video.

TEACHING SOCIAL SCIENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Find 3 harmonious places in your environment and 3 elsewhere on the earth and create a picture of* what makes them so.
• Ask 10 people for advice about what helps them to be in a harmonious state of mind. Make a list* of 10 things for yourself to practice within a week.
• In a journal, organize* your monthly monetary or time budget in the way that would bring more harmony into your life.
• Study political regimes* in different countries. Write a short essay* about which one(s) is/are bringing the most harmony and why.
• Conduct research on harmonious civilizations of history and in a visual display* make conclusions about what made them successful.
• Do research on harmonious communities. Define* several ways that the communities bring harmony that are unique to your community and implement* some of these.
• Write a pamphlet* on levels of internal psychological/spiritual harmony and their realization. Hand the pamphlet out to a population and in after a six months have the people who used the pamphlet send you a review on their personal realization of harmony.

• Think of 5-7* pairs of opposites which combine to bring about harmony (e.g. day and night, male and female); make sentences to describe them.
• Invent a game* for describing harmonious objects, things, phenomena, etc. for at least 2 players.
• Brainstorm* as many derivatives of the word “harmony” as you can, add to your list using dictionaries; write a short story that uses these words in their fullest expression.
• Think of 15+ words* you associate with harmony; make a word puzzle with them as the answers.
• Make a word project* using harmonious combinations of words belonging to different parts of speech.
• Write a story/tale* about the combination of opposites uniting for harmonious creation.
• Prepare a magazine or newspaper article* devoted to the topic of “harmony” in different spheres of life.

TEACHING TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Find, install, and use* an application that you feel teaches and/or promotes harmony at your educational level.
• Find and add audio* to an existing video, visual creation, or inspirational spoken word to increase the “harmony” of it.
• Use audio-editing software* to play with creating and mixing your own audio tracks.
• Create an inspirational video* to encourage world harmony and a promotion strategy for public release.
• Explore* how object-oriented programming/design bridges the gap between software and the real world.
• Program an adapter* to facilitate communication between software applications, languages, platforms, etc.
• Program an application* that analyzes large datasets to find and report significant/relevant patterns.

• Use the harmonic series and variations*.
• Brainstorm 5 innovative ways* to change your environment or routine to create more !harmony in your life.
• Write a short essay* comparing Qwerty and Dvorak, or others in the field, and how they each represent harmony in typing, technology, and society.
• Compare typical capitalistic vs open-source organizations/outcomes* and how they each represent harmony.
• Explore, explain, and defend 7 creative innovations that you believe have created harmony in some way. Create a chart* to show this.
• Research on how biomimicry can be seen as harmony in action; then create a new example. Videotape* a presentation on your creation.
• Design and defend* a new model (societal, cultural, or business) that is based on harmony in every single way.

TEACHING VALUES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF HARMONY

• Share something you find difficult to talk about to bring more harmony to a relationship.
• Find or create 5 practices or pieces of advice for bringing harmony into your life and the life of others. Write them on a list and do them for at least a week*.
• Apologize and/or practice forgiveness every day for a week or month and journal* about your results.
• Make a sharable project about interconnectedness as an example of harmony in its different expressions.
• Survey & interview others and prepare a presentation/story/documentary* about love uniting people with differences.
• Research top values and attributes that contribute to people currently living harmoniously, find out how they achieve this. Present your findings in a picture*. 
• Find 5-10 bright examples in the history of mankind of the people who harmonized the life around them and develop a way to share your findings and help others to apply them (a website, online course, ebook, etc)*.